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RCM graduate Chew Jun Ru in performance

Chew Jun Ru's performance at the 2012 National Chinese Music Competition. The Singaporean musician took first prize in the erhu category. Chew has recently become the Royal College of Music's first graduate in a traditional Chinese instrument. Read the full story.

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